My Favorite Halloween Pens

The Halloween game over on CodePen is pretty strong. I’ve been keeping a Collection of them myself, but so have a lot of other people who put mine to shame. You can even search for Halloween Collections, if you really wanna follow the rabbit hole. Today is the day, so I figured we’d keep the spirit going by picking out some of my very favorites. Some new, some from years past.

To kick it off, how about a welcoming text animation, featuring a cute font and bouncy feel. Zane experimented with some preprocessors to keep some of the code tight, as well as utilized another Pen for help with the procedurally generated stars.

Just when I think I’m about getting tired of SVG line drawing animations, I see one that does something special with it. This one by Ali Klein feels rather art directed, with certain areas waiting to burst into place with others waiting for a staggered ending. There is also some helpful looking functions in here for converting different SVG shapes into paths (the only element it’s practical to “draw”).